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Kingsmen. 9x9 board with two extra Bishops. Pieces gain the King's moveset upon reaching the last three ranks.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Jun 27, 2021 08:54 PM EDT:

I made a few modifications and published this.


David Cannon wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 08:00 AM EDT:

Do the "crowned" pieces become royal? I.e., do they gain ONLY the movement capabilities of the King, or do they have to be checkmated along with the King?

Ed. note: I've moved this to the Kingsmen thread on the assumption that was what was intended. Please let us know if this is the wrong place; it was originally posted as a comment on the home page.


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 08:58 AM EDT in reply to Fergus Duniho from Sun Jun 27 08:54 PM:

Thanks, Fergus.


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Mon, Jun 28, 2021 10:52 AM EDT in reply to David Cannon from 08:00 AM:

Hi David,

Thanks for your question.

The crowned pieces have the ability to move one square in any direction like the King, but they are not royal. They can be captured just like any regular piece.

I've added a sentence to clarify this in the promotion section.


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Fri, Jul 9, 2021 04:20 AM EDT:

I added more details on how I invented Kingsmen and the thought process behind it.

I also added a link to play Kingsmen on Zillions of Games.


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Jul 10, 2021 09:58 AM EDT:
satellite=kingsmen files=9 ranks=9 graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ whitePrefix=w blackPrefix=b promoZone=3 maxPromote=4 squareSize=50 graphicsType=png lightShade=#CCCC11 darkShade=#339933 rimColor=#111199 coordColor=#CCCC11 borders=0 firstRank=1 useMarkers=1 promoOffset=4 pawn::fmWfcF::a3-i3 knight:N:::b1,h1 bishop::::c1,d1,f1,g1 rook::::a1,i1 crowned pawn:+P:K:guard: crowned knight:+N:NK:equesrex: crowned bishop:+B:BW:promotedbishop: crowned rook:+R:RF:promotedrook: king::KisO2::e1

Kingsmen


💡📝Albert Lee wrote on Sat, Jul 10, 2021 11:35 PM EDT in reply to H. G. Muller from 09:58 AM:

A special thanks for creating this playable version!


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